The United States' top intelligence agency, Federal Bureau of
Investigations (FBI) says that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE) is the most dangerous and deadly extremist organization in the
world. The official website of FBI in its tops story said that LTTE is
far more dangerous terrorists outfit than al Queda, Hezbullah or even
HAMAS. Read more...

Ban-KI-Moon and EU-dragon with two heads

By Malin Abeyatunga, Melbourne, Australia

United Nation's Secretary General Ban-KI-Moon

International conspiracy launched in 2009 by some Western countries to molly
coddle the LTTE terrorist outfit against Sri Lanka has now created a two headed
dragon to strangle and swallow this small island of Sri Lanka. One head belongs
to the UN Secretary General (UNSG) and the other head belongs to the EU. This
killer dragon with two heads is attacking Sri Lanka from all sides. But our
small island which has been resilient to all calamities in the past and will
fight the killer dragon with tooth and nail to protect its precious
sovereignty.

UN Secretary General (UNSG) without the consent or approval of the UN
Security Council and breaking all other accepted protocols has on his own
appointed this three member panel to investigate the war crimes purported to
have been committed by Sri Lankan forces during the last stages of operations
which destroyed the LTTE militarily. (LTTE supportive Tamil diaspora is
celebrating UNSG’s action with Champaign). The politicians, academics,
intellectuals, clergies of all religions and the ordinary Sri Lankans are of the
view that this is a gross interference in the country’s sovereignty. The Sri
Lankan government totally rejected Ban-Ki Moon’s personal claim (not a UN’s
claim) of war crimes and had refused to grant visas to the panel. UNSG appears
to have based his decision on various unsubstantiated reports made by various
human rights groups (‘dollar vultures’) like HRW, AI and ICG against Sri Lanka.
Not to mention the dubious reports by ‘dollar vultures’ operating in Sri
Lanka.

In fact the so called three experts carry serious doubts of their integrity
and impartiality. The ex AG of Indonesia, Marzuki Darusman, who was earlier
involved in another commission in SL, named International Independent Group of
Eminent Persons (IIGEP), to probe human rights violation of 16 killings, ceased
to function as Marzuki left the commission due to some sharp differences with
the other members. Presumably he would have wanted his view and say established.
Prof Steven Ratner as The Island editorial reported has a soft corner for the
LTTE in his various writings. Yasmin Sooka ‘s NGO is financed by EU. This points
to the fact that SL cannot expect any impartial investigation from this panel
even if we allow it to do so. Ban-Ki- Moon has become a puppet (or a joker?) on
a string, cunningly manoeuvred by USA, UK and some EU countries, INGO’s like
Humans Right Watch, Amnesty International, International Crisis Group and the
LTTE supportive Tamil diaspora etc,. All Sri Lankans salute the Sri Lankan
government for stubbornly saying "NO’ to the Ban-Ki-Moon’s
attempted investigation/fact finding on Sri Lanka during the last stages of
operation against LTTE. Suffice to mention here that many countries including
Russia, China, Japan, Iran have lodged their vehement protest to UNSG on this
issue saying that such an investigation is unwarranted.

The other head of the dragon which is trying to strangle this small island of
Sri Lanka is the European Union, by refusing to extend the concession of GSP
plus. EU is currently talking big in G20 Summit in Toronto as how to help the
poor countries while strangling small economies like Sri Lanka. They have agreed
to grant GSP plus to Sri Lanka with 16 conditions attached. Salient among them
are, repealing 17th amendment, repealing emergency regulations, withdrawal of
Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) , which manifests a subtle move to interfere
with the country’s sovereignty. EU had the audacity to tell SL to change the
constitution to suit their agenda which are purely domestic issues. These are
purely domestic matters and no country should interfere with its domestic
affairs. The SL government again said a firm "NO" to these conditions through
the media and ignored responding to EU’s letter. They have got the Sri Lankan
government’s message well and truly and EU wants to negotiate the issue further.
The GSP plus was introduced to leverage the economic devastation after the
Tsunami which devastated almost one third of Sri Lankan habitation along the
coastal line. We didn’t have GSP plus before Tsunami and our apparel industry
have been carrying on successfully. What we need is now to find new markets with
our newly found friendly countries.

A meeting of the SAARC interior ministers concluded recently in Islamabad
with a proposal to set up a Regional Police Unit to combat Terrorism. This is an
ideal time for Sri Lanka to seek help from SAARC countries on the GSP Plus
issue as well.. One way of helping their friendly nation Sri Lanka is to
completely stop exporting garments to the EU countries. The majority population
in the EU countries cannot afford to pay high prices for their clothes
manufactured in the developed world. If the SAARC countries jointly decide to
stop exports of garments , very soon one will be able to see half of the EU
population walking nude on the streets.

What is really happening
in Sri Lanka today is that a blood thirsty racist group led by
some misled Tamils called LTTE is terrorizing against the Government
of Sri Lanka and its people irrespective of their ethnicity with an
intention of carving out a separate state. There is no conflict as
such between Sinhalese and Tamil communities in Sri Lanka. In fact,
the majority of the Tamil community lives in peace and harmony among
the Sinhalese population through out the country apart from the
Northern part of Sri Lanka. The entire Sinhalese and the Muslims
population who lived in the Northern area for centuries were either
killed or chased away completely by the LTTE Tamil Tiger terrorists.
At the moment, not a single Sinhalese or Muslim is living in Jaffna,
but, many thousands of Tamils are living in Colombo in peace with
the other communities. Based on 2001 census, the Tamil population in
Colombo district is 12.1% (see
2001 census). So, who is discriminated ? Tamils or Sinhalese? Do
you need more evidence ?

The United States' top intelligence
agency, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) says that the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is the most dangerous and deadly extremist organization in the
world. The official website of FBI in its tops story said that LTTE is far more
dangerous terrorists outfit than al Queda, Hezbullah or even HAMAS.
Read more...